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→Bible scientific foreknowledge. The evidence makes a mighty roar!
I hope this further clarifies matters for you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:01, 18 February 2017 (EST)
I hope this further clarifies matters for you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:01, 18 February 2017 (EST)
:Well, I don't think there was room for "further clarification", since I don't think it's really correct to say that I was confused or befuddled on this matter. You see, I've been generally aware of a common notion that lions are carniverous, though I don't really know where I got that notion. (Second grade teacher, perhaps?) It's not an issue that I consider important, since I don't work in a zoo. (Yes, I know. You think that's where I ought to be. :-) I certainly don't consider it a "scientific fact". I'm not aware of any science textbooks that state that lions are always carniverous, nor any scientific research papers (peer reviewed or otherwise) that make such a statement. So it really does't shake my worldview to read about "Little Tyke".
:Now it's interesting that this lioness is vegetarian, and hence would presumably be willing and able to lie down next to a lamb without doing any harm. It's been a general notion since Biblical times that this doesn't happen, hence the verse at Isaiah 11:6 (with a calf, not a lamb) was used as a metaphor for a utopian future era of world peace. Does "Little Tyke" portend an era of world peace? Apparently not, since she died in 1955, and there have been many wars since then. So much for applying Biblical metaphors too literally to current events.
:Now, getting back to the topic, the "[[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]]" page is supposed to be about scientific achievements that were presaged accurately by the Bible, and could have been made much sooner if scientists had read the Bible more assiduously. But no scientific principle or discovery is at work here. There is no scientific principle, that I am aware of, that says that all lions are necessarily carniverous. Hence the saga of "Little Tyke" is not so much a scientific discovery as an interesting observation.
:By the way, "Little Tyke" appears to have been vegetarian, but not vegan. I know some vegans, and they would claim that she gets only partial credit for her dietary choices, since the consumes milk and eggs. (I'm an omnivore; I get no credit.)
:[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 20:20, 18 February 2017 (EST)
== I've been wondering how long this guy would last ==
== I've been wondering how long this guy would last ==